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creative inspiration.

Happy Thursday!
Kids are all home from camp,
Eden and I are feeling better,
we are all heading to the pool today :)

A few fun, creative and inspiring ideas I found on Pinterest!
(You can follow me, I'm Erin Edwards on Pinterest)

Isn't this growth chart so fun? I must have one...

Source: etsy.com via Erin on Pinterest

Great idea for a birthday reminder...

Source: iheartnaptime.net via Erin on Pinterest

Simple and easy but beautiful...

Source: community.livejournal.com via Erin on Pinterest

A menu board...

Source: whipperberry.com via Erin on Pinterest

Old windows (which I LOVE) and pictures...

Source: None via Erin on Pinterest

Using an old ladder for a shelf...

Source: miasinterior.blogspot.com via Erin on Pinterest

A fun way to hang up notes or pictures...

Source: lemonademakinmama.com via Erin on Pinterest

Mail or picture holder...

Source: google.com via Erin on Pinterest

Love the wood limb...

Source: casasugar.com via Sarah on Pinterest

Jewelry organizer made from a cash tray/drawer...

Source: tonyastaab.com via Amanda on Pinterest

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Aren't they fun?

Which one is your favorite?

she wants her Jonah.

Sunday afternoon we dropped off Caleb, Jonah and Tessa at church camp for 3 days, leaving us with just Eden. I had plans for Eden and I, lots of FUN for just the 2 of us and other FUN for the 3 of us after Ryan got home from work at night.

Then I got sick with what she already had.
We have spent the last 3 days cuddled on the couch-
I have watched more Max and Ruby than any adult should have to, but you sacrifice when your little one and yourself aren't feeling well ;)

And when she fell asleep I quickly switched to HGTV,
I'm ready to either decorate or house hunt!

This cold or whatever I have had has really knocked me out!
So even though we didn't get to do all of these FUN things together, at least we got to cuddle and rest and relax together :)

Last night Ryan asked her which kid she missed the most and she said Jonah.

Then this morning she started crying out of nowhere and I asked her what was wrong and she said "I want to see my Jonah!"


(cuddling on my bed together last week)

So sweet!

The kids will be home at noon today,
and she will get to see HER Jonah again :)

father's day gifts. (winners!)

The 3 randomly picked winners of the father's day giveaway are:



Mia Patrice, who said: I am DROOLING over the cuff links!!

and

Heather, who said: I love the "We love Daddy" key chain. Simple and beautiful. And something my husband would actually put on his existing key ring!

and

Teri, who said: Those are some great products! I like the riveted keychain.

Please email us at customerservice@thevintagepearl.com to claim your prizes!

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Eden and I are both home sick today with some sort of summer cold,
which is NO FUN,
please pray for us!

summertime dreams.

Today I'm dreaming of a summer vacation on the beach,
the sand, the cool water, the fresh breeze,
sandcastles, seashells and starfish...



I just love this sweet organic vintage starfish,
pressed into fine silver
and finished off with a deep ocean blue freshwater pearl.

Customize the back with up to 6 letters or numbers...



You can find it here!

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What are you dreaming of today?

tadpoles.

Jonah came home from soccer camp yesterday with tadpoles...



A LOT of tadpoles...



I'm not sure what to do with them. I googled "what to feed tadpoles" and read to boil lettuce for 15 minutes, chop it up and freeze it. So we did...



It also said it takes 8-12 weeks for them to develop into frogs... not sure I have that much patience.



Anyone have tips on raising tadpoles?

working from home.

Tessa's feeling under the weather today,
so we are home, watching Tinkerbell movies and playing with playdough.
Tonight we are having Caleb's baseball team over for an end of the season ice cream party, fun!

We've had a great response to our new Father's Day items
(thank you!),
so I'm sneaking in some riveting of our new keychains from home as well!

Be sure to enter the giveaway below!

Happy wednesday!

father's day gifts. (a giveaway!)

I'm so excited about our new gifts for father's day!

Dad's can be hard to buy for,
but we have some great new options for a meaningful gift
(let the kids help you pick something out!)



1. the DADDY or WE LOVE DADDY keychain- customize with ready to ship initials if you wish.

2. the riveted keychain- ruggedly classy, handstamped with any initial in our uppercase plain letters.

3. the DAD snap leather keychain- fits our vintage gold ball marker or a guitar pick. Want to customize it? You can also find it on our men's page.

4. initial dogtags necklace

5. cufflinks- we have had LOTS of requests for these, so here ya go!

6. vintage golf ball marker- (another thing we've had many requests for).

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All of these can be found on our ready to ship page,
to make sure you will have in time to gift!

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We also have other custom items that are great for Dad on our men's page, but please keep in mind we are on about a 2 1/2 week turnaround on any items that are not on the ready to ship page.

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And a special code for Dad-
use coupon code welovedad for 15% off,
expires thursday at mindnight
(so hurry!)

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Let's give a couple of things away for Dad away!

Just tell us which one is your favorite to be entered.

Blog it, tweet it and facebook it for extra entries.

weekend highlights.

Spent friday night celebrating my niece's birthday with my family in OKC,
left the boys at grandpa's house and Ryan and I took the girls to a hotel for the night,
which made us realize how much EASIER just 2 kids are,
(but we missed the boys, of course!)
saturday morning we dropped Eden off with Grandpa and picked up the boys and headed to Frontier City for the day,
Sunday morning church,
last minute bar-b-q with a few friends at our house,
and back to work (from home) for me today,
and maybe off to a movie later.





LOVE this picture I took of the girls this weekend,
they were taking a quick break from jumping across the hotel beds.
I want to frame it
to remember these days of being little best friends :)

Should I frame it in color or black and white?

the talent shows.

Tessa and Caleb made it into the talent shows this year!

Tessa wanted to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", so we had to run and grab her a keyboard so she could practice :)

She did great,
and seems to love being on stage in front of people.



Caleb did Card tricks. He was VERY nervous about being up in front of everyone
(just like me!)
but he called his old teacher up on stage to help him with his tricks, and she was great with him. (She's also a tvp rockstar)

Pick a card, any card...



show the audience...



let me do my slide of hand trick
to make you and the audience think
I don't have your card
but I really do...



Is this your card? YES!



Great job Tessa and Caleb!!!